Collection Items
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Book/Printed MaterialThe present state of the West-Indies : containing an accurate description of what parts are possessed … This book, published in London in 1778, is a succinct compilation of information about the West Indies, containing, as indicated by the lengthy subtitle, "an authentick account of the first discoverers of…- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Kitchin, Thomas - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1778
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MapA new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina; comprehending the … Scale ca. 1:1,270,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Includes descriptive and historical notes. Supplements the author's A topographical description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and…- Contributor: Cheevers, T. - Hutchins, Thomas
- Date: 1778-01-01
- Resource: Copy 1 - Image
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MapPlan d'une partie de la rade de Boston pour faire connaitre le dispositif de ses deffenses. Scale ca. 1:42,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. "Legende" includes positions of vessels of French fleet, by name and commander. Accompanied by: Partie extraite d'un Memoire général…- Date: 1778-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapThis map of the peninsula between Delaware & Chesopeak Bays, with the said bays and shores … Scale ca. 1:650,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Inscribed "To the American Philosophical Society." Hand colored. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1376 Available also through the Library…- Contributor: Churchman, John - American Philosophical Society
- Date: 1778-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapMagnus ducatus Lithuania in suos palatinatus et castellanias divisa, non solum accuratissime delineata, sed etiam plurimis … Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Lotter's Atlas géographique de cent et huit cartes générales et spéciales. Augsburg : Tobie Conrad Lotter, Matthieu Seutter, et Jan-Michel Probst ; Nuremburg : Heritiers de Homan,…- Contributor: Lotter, Tobias Conrad - Lotter, Georg Friedrich
- Date: 1778-01-01
- Resource: Image
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Book/Printed MaterialAn Arabic Christian Hymnal in Praise of the Saints, Translated from the Byzantine Greek Language. The manuscript presented here contains hymns praising the saints. It is divided into the 12 months of the year, with the name of each month written in clear bold black script. Each…- Contributor: Gabriel - Simeon Stylites, Saint, Died 459 - Arcadius
- Date: 1778-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 360
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Book/Printed MaterialArticles of Confederation. On June 11, 1776, the Second Continental Congress appointed three committees in response to the Lee Resolution proposing independence for the American colonies. One of these committees, created to determine the form…- Contributor: Second Continental Congress, United States - Dickinson, John
- Date: 1778-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 5
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MapChart of the NW Coast of America and Part of the NE of Asia with the … George Vancouver (1757--98), who became a noted explorer and surveyor of the Pacific Northwest, joined the Royal Navy at the age of 13 and was a midshipman on H.M.S. Discovery during Captain…- Contributor: Vancouver, George
- Date: 1778-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapA Chart of the Currents in the Indian Sea During the Southwest Monsoon, to the Northward …
A chart of the currents in the Indian Sea during the northeast monsoon, to the northward of the line Jacques-Raymond Grenier (1736-1803) was a French naval officer and hydrographer known primarily for his charts of the Indian Ocean. Grenier spent the years 1768-69 and 1772-76 exploring and charting the various islands…- Contributor: Grenier, Jacques-Raymond, Vicomte De
- Date: 1778-01-01
- Resource: Image
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Photo, Print, DrawingBritain Infantry Uniform Sketch (Rutland Militia?). This sketch is the 14th of 15 original unsigned pencil and ink drawings attributed to Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740-1812). De Loutherbourg, an English artist of French descent, painted many large scenes…- Contributor: Loutherbourg, Philip James De
- Date: 1778-01-01
- Resource: Image